A few months after herbalist-actor, Dagunro, passed on, another veteran Yoruba dramatist, Alabi Yellow, has died.
The actor with the teal name, Samuel Akinpelu, came to limelight in the 70s and 80s when he played key roles in plays of the Oyin Afejobi Theatre Group.
He used to perform alongside the likes of Baba Wande and Tafa
He, however, moved on into the film era and featured in several movies while he also produced some.
The last film he took part un is Kunle Afolayan’s ‘Mokaliiki’.
Alabi Yellow w!s said to have died earlier today in his home in Ikorodu, Lagos.
As ‘The Punch’ aldo recalls in a report, 
iithe actor had been afflicted with a stroke in March shortly after the demise of his wife.
However, the actor had got a lifeline of N10m from a popular philanthropist, Reverend Esther Ajayi, popularly known as Iya Adura, back in April, and many had thought was on the path to recovery.
Alabi Yellow appeared in several Yoruba movies and also wrote a book titled, ‘A ba Oko Ku’.
Many of his colleagues have continued to eulogise the late actor as details continue to unfold.
